Brilliana never dreamed of the stars. She looked to the future, and did not dream of distant worlds. But everything changed when Brill met her cosmic prince. Only the prince turned out to be a fairy-tale bastard. Now Brill will have to leave her native Earth and, together with Alexander, cross the entire galaxy. On their way there are other worlds, frightening and amazing, friends and enemies, joys and sorrows. This journey will teach the prince to love again, but his hostage will discover the most intimate and at the same time terrible secret of the galaxy.